Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-08-27

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given their whole life 20 contro,er-
,ional disputes, when, if they hao
given their life to something practical,
hey might have been vastly useful.
suppose this morning, while | speak.
there were a common enemy coming
| up the bay through the Narrows. and
All the forts around New York began
TO fire into each other, you would cry
out, National suicide! why don't
those forts blaze away in one direc-
ton, and that against the common
enemy?" And yet | sometimes see in
the church Of the Lord Jesus Christ a
strange thing going on: churc / against
church, minister against minister. de-
nomination against denomination firing
away into their W fort, or the for
which ought to be on the same side,
instead OF concentrating their energ,
and giving one mighty and everlasting
volley against the navies Of darkness
riding up through the bay!
CHURCH CONTROVERSIES.
60 out sometimes in the summer.
and | find two beehives, and these two
hives are in a quarrel. | come near
enough, not to be stung, but | come
just near enough to hear the contro-
versy, and one beehive says: THAT
lield Of clover is the sweetest" and
another beehive says, 'That field of
clover is the best" | come in
between them, and | say, ..Stop this
quarrel; il you like that field OF clover
best, 90 there; if you like that field of
clover best, 60 there; but let me tell
ysu that that hive which gets the most
honey is the best hive" So ! come
out between the churches Of the Lord
Jesus Christ. One denomination of
Christians says, That field of Christ
ian doctrine is best" and another
says. That field of Christian doctrine
is best" Well, | say, .'Go where YOU
get the most honey" That is the best
church which gets the most honey of
Clristian grace for the heart, and the
most honey of Christian usefulness for
the life.
The Baptists were hurled cut Of Bos-
ton in olden times. Those who
sympathized with them were confined,
an ! when a petition was offered asking
%leniency in their behalf, all the men
who signed it were indicted. Has in
tolerance stopped the Baptist church?
The last statistics in regard to it
showed about thirty thousand churches
and two and a half million commuui-
cants. Intolerance never pu, down
anything.
In England a law was made against
the jew. England thrust back the
jew and thrust down the Jew. and d.
clared that no jew should hold official
position. What came of itp Were the
Jews d~estroyedP Was their religion
overthrownP No. Who became prime
minister of England years agoP who
was next to the throne? Who was
higher than the throne because he was
counsellOr, and adviserp The descend
ant OF a Jesv. What we're we celebrat-
ing in all our churches as well as
synagogues q few years ago? The
one hundredth birthday anniversary OF
Montefore, the great Jewish philan-
thropist. Intolerance never yet put
down anything.
Ill. But now, my friends, having
shown the origin of bigotry or sectar-
ianism, and having shown YOU the
damage it does. want briefly to show
you how We are to war against
THIS TERRIBLE EVIL.
And | think we ought to begin our war
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imperfections. Ii We make so many
mistakes in the common affairs of life,
is i not possible that we may make
mistakes in regard to our religious af
fairsp Shall we take a mar by the
throat, or by the collar, because he can
not see religions truths just as we do?
In the light Of eternity it viii be found
out, | think, there was something
wrong in all our creeds. and some
thing right in al our creeds. But
since we make mistakes in regard to
things of the world. do not let us be
egotistic, and SO pulled up rs to have
III idea that we cannot make any mis-
take IN regard 10 religious theories.
And then l think we will do a great
deal to overthrow the sectarianism
from our hearts, and tho sectarianism
from the world, by chiefly charging
upon those things in which we agree
rather than those on which we differ.
Now, here is "a great Gospel plat
form. A man comes up o ii this side
he platform and says: Il don't be-
lieve in baby sprinkling." Shall |
SHOVE him oAP Here is - man coming
up or this side the platform, and he
says, II don't believe in the persever-
ance of the saints" Shall | shove him
oil? No. | Will say, do you be-
lieve in the
LORD JESUS
rs your Saviour? do you trust him for
time and eternity?' He says. Yes
DO you take Christ for time and for
eternity ?" Yes" | say. Come on.
brother: one III time and one in eter-
nifty: bro her now, brother forever"
Blessed be God for u Gospel platform
so rec that all who receive Christ
may .aad OF it!
tnink we may overthrow the severe
sectarianism and bigotry in our hearts.
and ip the church also, by realizing
that all the denomination of Christians
have yielded noble institutions and no.